Here are the contents of this month's Glas:
Twm Elias' Patagonian Diary
A very odd insect
….and very odd clouds too
WOLVES RETURN TO BRITTANNY
Seeing the future…. now
Oswyn and Llion: two very special naturalists
Old 'bullets' from old stones on Moel y Gêst
Distinguishing two very similar 'firebugs'
Anting birds: old habits die hard
Llygaid bach Llên Natur: I-Spy the Warblers
1 post Mid Wales
SALARY: S4 SCP 32-34 (£29,636 - £31,371)
LOCATIONS: Mid Wales: Llandrindod, Newtown, Aberaeron
The successful applicants will manage and implement a range of soft estate inspections, ecological surveys, environmental asset inventory and environmental maintenance activities for the trunk road network in accordance with Welsh Government requirements.
This post will also be suitable for recent graduates.
If you have any specific queries relating to the above post, please contact: Hannah Jones, 07773 616096 (Mid Wales)
For this post, the ability to communicate in both English and Welsh is desirable.
Application forms and further details available through Gwynedd Council website here or by telephoning 01286 679076.
Closing Date: 10.00am, THURSDAY, 30 June 2022.
If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your E-MAIL regularly.
Closing Date: 30/06/2022 Location: Mid Wales: Llandrindod, Newtown, Aberaeron
Under recorded areas: Monad of the Month and the All
Wales Database, Aderyn
An article explaining how the Cofnod Online Recording System (ORS) relates to other systems such as iRecord, iNaturalist, and the LERC Wales App (to name a few) and where recorders should submit their data to ensure that it is available for the benefit of nature conservation in North Wales.
The Bilberry Bumblebee (Bombus monticola) is one of our most beautiful bumblebees! As its name suggests, it mostly occurs in areas where Bilberry grows on the uplands and heathlands of the UK, including Wales.
Evidence suggests that the Bilberry Bumblebee is declining in the UK, most likely as a result of habitat loss. In Wales, records show a reduction in the Bilberry Bumblebee’s range, indicating a similar decline to the rest of the UK.
We urgently need more records of where the Bilberry Bumblebee occurs and that’s where you come in! Every recorded sighting contributes to our understanding and future conservation of the species.
#BBBHunt
More details...
Video
The Birds of Patagonia: The Hornero (Argentine’s national bird)
Twm Elias' Patagonian Diary: the journey and the South American Lapwing
Recollections of cockle collectors
Past and historic weather
This year's spring: your pictures
Outdoing our cuckoo: the Parasitic Weaver Finch Anomalospizer imberbis
Know your warblers
Gylfinir Cymru/Curlew Wales wants your help in saving the breeding population in Wales. If you see
Curlews away from the coast during March to July, please submit the details here.
For more about the work of the group, visit Curlew Wales.
Job title: Biodiversity Officer
Directorate: Environment
Service: Transport and Countryside
Closing date: 05/05/2022 10:00
Job type/Hours: Permanent | 37 Hour
Salary: £25,419 - £27,514 a year
Pay Scale: S2
Location(s): Caernarfon
Highlights from Glas 170
Are long tailed tits adapting to gardens?
Who made this mess?!
Birds of Patagonia (Luis Carrizo) - the huet-huet
Twm Elias' Patagonian bwletin
Wildlife in Ukraine
The old public baths in Bull Bay
Wintering swallows in the Newborough area
Know your mermaids' purses
Every month we will be providing maps and information about poorly recorded monads in North Wales to encourage recorders to get out to locations with few or zero records. Go to the library section of the website to access previous Monad of the Months.